LOCAL 2. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE DEADLY TRAIN ACCIDENT IN NEW YORK CITY IS COMING BACK HOME THIS MORNING. THE WOODLANDS RESIDENT WHO SURVIVED THAT TERRIFYING DERAILMENT SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH "LOCAL 2." COURTNEY ZAVALA IS LIVE THIS MORNING AT HOBBY WHERE THAT WOMAN WILL TURN TODAY. KOIRMENT, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. SHE WILL BE ARRIVING AT HOBBY AIRPORT A LITTLE BIT LATER TODAY. HER FAMILY, SHE ACTUALLY LIVES IN THE WOODLANDS, HAS THREE YOUNG KIDS. OBVIOUSLY HER HUSBAND WAS PANICKED WHEN HE GOT A PHONE CALL EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING FROM HER TELLING HIM ABOUT THIS HORRIFIC ACCIDENT. A COMMUTER RAIL LINE DERAILED IN NEW YORK CITY SUNDAY, KILLING AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE AND INJURING AT LEAST 63 OTHERS. ONE OF THE INJURED, SHERYL PATTON OF THE WOODLANDS. HER HUSBAND TELLS LOCAL 2 HE FEELS HELPLESS. SHE'S UP THERE DEALING WITH THE TRAIN ACCIDENT AND PEOPLE ARE DYING AND PEOPLE ARE INJURED WORSE THAN SHE IS AND NOT KNOWING HER FULL EXTENT OF HER INJURIES. Reporter: THOMAS PATTON SAID HIS WIFE TRAVELED TO NEW YORK FOR A 30th HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. THE TRAIN DERAILED ON A CURB SECTION OF THE BRONX ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS FROM THE STOP. SHE FELT LIKE THE TRAIN WAS GOING TOO FAST AND SHE'S NOT AN EXPERT ON TRAINS AND SHE HASN'T LIVED IN NEW YORK IN 25 YEARS. Reporter: THE COUPLE HAS THREE YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEY ALL CAN'T WAIT FOR MOM TO COME HOME. IT WILL BE QUITE A HOMECOMING FOR HER. AS FAR AS HOW SHERYL IS DOING, OBVIOUSLY TRAUMATIZED FROM THIS HORRIFIC CRASH, BUT SHE SAYS SHE HAS SOME BRUISES. COMING UP AT 6:30, WE'LL HEAR FROM HER AS SHE DESCRIBES HIS HORRIFIC DERAILMENT THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY MORNING.

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